I design a lot of book covers but I'm rarely asked to use my cartooning skills for the cover image. The most recent requests came from author Richard Herr for his books, Invasion From Fred (a YA novel) and Dog & Pony, Vol. 1: Aloha (a quirky, humorous novel in which all sort of crazy mishaps befall a company that organizes business and product presentations for their clients). The idea for the cover of Invasion From…

“A brand is the idea or image of a specific product or service that consumers connect with, by identifying the name, logo, slogan, or design of the company who owns the idea or image. Branding is when that idea or image is marketed so that it is recognizable by more and more people, and identified with a certain service or product when there are many other companies offering the same service or product. ” --Brick Marketing

Exciting changes have been forced on website changes for this member and writer. Perhaps I am trying to do too much. Anyway, I had to make a decision on whether to continue two other websites that were not getting much traffic, and yet the costs were going up each year, which …………. Well, it was nuts to…

The layout of your book is very important. The average paperback book size is six inches wide and nine inches tall, which is much smaller than the average size of a sheet of an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper. This means that if you are submitting a book for printing, you will need to select the proper page setup.

Your page layout can be designed with any word processing software if your book is for a small audience of friends or family. Any serious work, however, should be…

I created a poll question about graphic and webdesign services about who creates your designs for you. I'm trying to gage clients needs so I need tons of feed back so PLEASE take a little time out to answer. I would REALLY appreciate it :D Thank you All SO much! Have a blessed day!

I wrote a guest blog for author Rachel Hunter’s Life Defined blog. I tackled an issue that I faced recently, trying to create a compelling novel cover. I take you through the steps it took to create the cover to my latest thriller, Deadly Games!

Call it a writer's prerogative. After conferring with my trusted confidante', Elaine; she has convinced me to rename the novel "The Long Road from Perdition". Truthfully, it fits the story more accurately.

And, the cover for the last title, seemed....well, too "bright". I was happy with it and not happy with it. So, after creating just the right look, I think I'm satisfied. But, the proof is in the pudding. What do YOU think? Take a look at the two… Continue

Nine months ago you came up with a great idea for a romantic comedy that you pitched to a publisher who was willing to print it. Like any labor of love, you started this project off with a mountain load of enthusiasm, formulating a clever storyline filled with colorful characters and witty dialogue. Three hundred and fifty pages of manuscript…

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I was just reading a blog where a lady said she was ashamed to admit
she tends to ignore books with amateurish covers even though she
suspects some of the stories inside those covers might be pretty good.

My name is Jubilee Jones and I am a graphic designer looking for new clients to design for. I've been designing for over ten years and I use Adobe CS4. I'm professional, creative, and prompt! If you need your book covers designed or anything else like website, logo, flyers, business cards, etc. please contact me asap! Book cover design is $175 for P.A.N. members!

Visit my page here and check out my photo slide show for design work I have created. Also…

Like many of us across the nation the economy has hit my regular job pretty hard. So I've decided to take my 30 years of professional graphics experience and ramp up the promotion of my freelance book cover design service to help keep the lights on and my cat fed! As you can see here, he's patiently waiting for dinner. :-)